Sloppy: Or, Doing It All Wrong

by Rax King

From the James Beard Award-nominated author of Tacky, a boldly funny, warts-and-all tour of the bad habits that make Rax King who she is

"Most writers are boring people. King, though, seems Bettie Page meets Carrie Bradshaw."—Washington Post

With Rax King's trademark blend of irreverent humor and heartfelt honesty comes a new collection of personal essays unpacking bad behavior. Sloppy explores sobriety, begrudging self-improvement, and the habits we cling to with clenched fists. 

In “Proud Alcoholic Stock,” King examines her parents’ unwavering dedication to 12 step programs and the texture her family history has lent to her own sobriety. “Shoplifting from Brandy Melville” is a lighthearted look at, what else?, shoplifting from Brandy Melville—one of her few remaining indulgences now that she doesn’t drink. King writes about her overspending and temper control issues as well as her poorly managed mental health. These seventeen essays capture the personal and generational vices that make us who we are. From being a crummy waitress to using uppers to force friendships, from obsessing over the Neopets forums to lying for no discernable reason, these essays approach bad habits with emotional intelligence, kindness and—most importantly—humor.

Genres: Essays, Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor, Audiobook, Biography Memoir

272 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2025

Reviews

[Sunny Lu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genuinely an excellent and approachable and fun and sad all at the same time essay/memoir collection. In a sea of mid millennial mental health memoir writing about addiction, desire, and the horrors of 21st century life, Rax King’s voice resonates with me more so than the other shit. Her writing vibrates with a weary and dry Jewish sense of humor. When she airs out her shit, I feel it for how real it is. Addictive and I wanted more!!!!

4.5

[Christopher Febles · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s memoir and reflection, it’s full disclosure, it’s honesty. It’s keeping it real in the realest way. It’s going through some rough times, but no one makes as much sense of it all as Rax King.



Go ahead and judge this book by its cover if you’re the squeamish sort. Yes, you name it, we got it: drugs, alcohol, abuse, heartbreak, and the stinging boredom of sobriety. She’s known from her podcast, “Low Culture Boil,” to delve into some risqué topics, so you probably wouldn’t have signed up for this one anyway. But I was taken with the hilarious take on pop culture and intimate sharing in Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer. King has a genuine, observant, and raucous sense of humor, and a wonderful style of sharing and relating to us, so I grabbed this ARC when I could.

This one takes a step deeper into the author’s life and she doesn’t hold back. It’s a huge confessional, but one that doesn’t ask for any pity, so don’t give it. And she’s not making excuses, either. Instead, she writes from the “id,” telling us what’s happening when she’s shoplifting or picking up randos at the bookstore almost from a place of detachment. She felt like the flawed narrator in a story, the Dostoyevsky-like MC who’s recapping what happened, but never letting go of her accountability. Sure, I felt icky reading some of it. But A. The title kinda TELLS me this, and B. It clued me into a new perspective, a deep look at someone baring her soul, and that’s always valuable.

This one also gave me a bit more about her family. Again, it’s direct and honest. Not hateful, either, despite the problems and misunderstandings and crazy ravings. No, she’s not a saint, but we can all learn from her ability to reflect, to consider why her loved ones did what they did. More importantly, she describes her role in it. I loved her final chapter on sobriety, so much that I highlighted parts. There were sections I read more than once, since they were brand new ideas to me. Like I said: there’s trauma and pain and sadness and even self-inflicted slapstick humor, but no one analyzes it with such laughter and clarity than her.

And I love DC, too! Lived there for an unforgettable semester in the Clinton years. Saw every damn museum they had. Went to Camden Yards when it had just opened. Breathed clean air. Love it!

Of course, this doesn’t have quite as much pop culture reference as I’d have liked. Because I need to debate this whole Cheesecake Factory thing. Sorry, but that place sucks: I can’t see anything, the menu’s too long, and the food isn’t any better than Chili’s. Oh, and the cheesecake isn’t that good. COME AT ME.



If you have to even say, “content warning,” forget the whole thing. But if you like reflective and thoughtful memoirs, grab a chalupa and a Mountain Dew and join us.

Thank you to NetGalley, and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor (and a partridge in a pear tree) for an advanced review copy in exchange for an honest review. Sloppy: Or: Doing It All Wrong will be released July 29, 2025.

[Nathan Shuherk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was thinking about calling this book fun, but then questioned myself about a book so heavily focused on addiction, illness, death, and just generally some of the miserable parts of life that seem unavoidable. But then I thought, no, it is fun. Fun doesn’t have to be lighthearted or jovial or pure elation, it can be an experienced alongside realizations on the weirdness of our little lives we’re all living. Rax has a lot of fun telling these stories that aren’t always so fun

[twoey (rachel q.) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ll read any essay Rax King writes. She reminds me that, while I am able to relate to her on several levels, these experiences are more universal (and more humorous) than I originally thought. I love how she weaves millennial pop culture into her writing, and how she writes everything with equal parts reverence and levity. Great collection, can’t wait to read more!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

[Paige · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another personal essay collection from Rax King that I absolutely love, this time reflecting on being real messy (or "sloppy" as I guess she would say). Addiction, depression, grief-induced hoarding: it's all here. But she's so, so funny and deserves a bigger readership.

[Nev · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely loved Rax King’s book Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer, so I was excited to learn that she had a new book coming out. Sloppy is a collection of personal essays dealing with addiction, sobriety, mental health, relationships, and so much more. I really enjoy Rax’s writing. She’s able to infuse a lot of humor into essays about dark topics without ever feeling like she isn’t taking the material seriously.

Something that I appreciated about Tacky that’s also present in Sloppy is how she writes about very specific things or experiences. Like early internet friendships on the Neopets forums, early misunderstandings of feminism, or lessons learned from the reality show Alone. It makes the book feel distinct and not like something that could’ve just come from any writer. Rax’s writing has such a unique voice and the essays are full of interesting, humorous, poignant, and thought-provoking stories.

Thank you to the publisher for providing an advance copy via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

[Juliette · Rating 3 out of 5]

As someone who has never read anything by Rax King, I find this book messy and inconsistent with its pacing and plotlines. It jumped around a lot and had plot holes. While I understand that this is a memoir and, of course, it's not going to be perfectly organized and formed, it felt like this book was made in a rush and never finished. In terms of the content of the book, I enjoyed Rax King's writing and the fact that she psychoanalyzed herself, which is shown in the book. Overall, I think this book could have used another round of editing, and some points could have been expanded on. Thank you, NetGalley and Vintage, for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. As always, my thoughts and opinions are my own.

[CJ Alberts]

Female millennial David Sedaris perhaps…….

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading Rax's essays feels like getting coffee with your funniest friend who always has a crazy new story to share. She perfectly balances humor and heaviness, whether she's writing about shoplifting from Brandy Melville or cyberbullying strangers on the wild west of the Neopets forum. Her prose is sharp, witty, and laugh out loud funny, while still being approachable and down to earth in the best way.

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf for the opportunity to read and review this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Brandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second book I’ve read by Rax, and this book lives up to Tacky. I enjoyed this collection of stories, especially as a millennial whose internet addiction began at a young age. These stories were humorous and so enjoyable to read - I wish I read it more slowly!

If you’re a fan of Jenny Lawson’s Let’s Pretend This Never Happened or anything by Samantha Irby, check this one out.

Thank you Net Galley and Knopf for an advanced copy of this book.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m not sure what this book was. Not quite a memoir, not quite a collection of essays. It was an easy read, the author is warm and engaging. It made me sad she thinks her friends don’t like her because she seems delightful. As soon as I finished reading it, my loan for her book Tacky came up, but I paused on that so I can have some time between the two. What I loved about the book is that it’s not a redemption and or self-help-y book that promises to help you change your life. It’s more about accepting that you’re just a messy, flawed person who really doesn’t want to try or work too hard doing things that suck away your creative energy.

[Judy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Abandoned about 25 percent complete. Tiresome account of bad behavior.

[John Riggio · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one took me a while to get through. Full transparency, I went into this completely blind, just reading it because I am a huge Rax fan (Twitter, Low Culture Boil, and Tacky) and didn’t really know the content of this book. WOW! The vulnerability! This took me so long to get through bc the content was heavy. Rax has such a beautiful way of balancing her comedic levity with the difficult shit she has been through. Rax is the exact kind of girl I keep in my inner sanctum, so the whole book really felt like having a couple of catch up calls with a girlfriend while she spills her entire guts up, asks for your opinion, even though she’s already fully made up her mind and knows what she wants to hear. I will greedily gulp down anything else Rax King puts into this world.

[Kelly Deschaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

This is the first work of Rax King that I have read, and I think I’m going to have to add her in my list of authors I need to read more of!! I usually don’t really love personal essays but King’s weaving of stories was excellent in my opinion. Not necessarily in chronological order, but the last essay really tied everything together.

The self reflections King has done over the years, between her addiction and family issues, were incredibly raw and emotional. I had an enjoyable time with this book, especially since the author is from DC and I recognized a lot of the local spots she mentioned.

Thank you to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the early access.

[Erin Brooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a bit of a bizarro experience for me because of how relatable it was. An observation would sometimes come up and I’d be like “huh. I think I’ve said that exact thing.” So this to say, the voice really spoke to me.

It’s a good, funny collection of essays about grief, addiction, ADHD and mental illness, bad spending habits and temporary jobs, the fuck uppery we inherit and perpetuate, and being an all around online outsider weirdo. The prose was strong, her similes especially felt crisp, fresh and spot on. Will be recommending this one moving forward.

[Mike S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rax is funny and I like her writing and I realize many of us are our own worst critics but damn, she didn't paint the kindest picture of herself in her struggles before getting sober. I'm glad she seems to have found herself in a much better place these days. Good follow on Bluesky too IMO, if you bother with social media beyond book-sharing sites (which if you value your mental health is a stupid idea).

[Karissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a Rax Fan for nearly two decades, this was a fun read that felt like an old friend telling you what they’ve been up to since the weird trip you took together to the Florida Panhandle in 2008. Lots of relatable millennial ennui shaped by actual real shit that is missing from a lot of the “millennial literature” I have found myself trying in recent years.

[Amy Borgstrom · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was inspired by this Post article to pick up this essay collection. https://wapo.st/3Ukj2CQ

So worth the read. Rax fearlessly, and hilariously describes all her bad behavior while also describing her journey to find peace with her very difficult father’s memory. Plus it’s all set in DC! Loved this book

[Georgette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good- picks up where "Tacky" left off.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent essays! So much more than just an addiction memoir.

[Ben Donovan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this

[Devin Boehmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5/5 - loved this memoir essay collection

[Molly Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved this very much.

[Mark Fajet · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was pretty good. It made me laugh a few times.

[Kennedy Ormsby · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5 ⭐️

A funny and insightful memoir about the many addictions one can have in their life. In Rax’s case it is drugs and alcohol for a time, but also she struggles with the addiction to chaos. Ashe said in her author discussion “despite what people think, sobriety is boring.” It’s actually a good reminder that boring can also be called peace.

Loved Rax’s dark sense of humor and her pop culture references.

[Brian Shevory · Rating 5 out of 5]

Big thanks to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor Books and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of Rax King’s new collection of essays titled Sloppy Or: Doing It All Wrong. I haven’t read Tacky yet, King’s first collection of essays, but it’s on my to read list with its focus on pop culture as art. Sloppy also features some elements of pop culture, but is also incredibly personal and intimate. I was not only surprised by the candor and risks that some of these essays take but also moved and touched by King’s reflection on her past experiences, both good and bad, that brought her to sobriety and a reckoning of sorts with her father’s declining health and eventual death. Not all of the essays are deeply personal, but I found that those essays that focused on King’s own struggles with addiction, mental health, and her relationship with her parents were my favorites in this collection. For me, part of this was her ability to fearlessly reflect on her own mistakes, but also to look back on them with humor and acceptance, and not with regret or shame. This kind of perspective is important to keep in mind, and it leads to some important insights for King. I also think that having experienced similar situations with addiction, recovery, and caring for ailing parents, I felt like there was a lot I could relate to in her experiences, and reading about her perspective was relatable, but also fresh in many ways. King doesn’t seek out pity but rather looks to find meaning and strength in these experiences, often through humor and self-deprecation.
What stood out most to me was King’s own unique voice, of which humor definitely plays a part. Her essay “Proud Alcoholic Stock” relates to her experiences growing up with parents in recovery, and her struggles to understand her own relationship with alcohol and other substances. She discusses her parents’ relationship and their inability to relax in social situations where alcohol was present. As she notes, “Alcoholism is often genetic, which they knew, but as it turns out, so is obsessing about one’s alcoholism.” As someone who grew up in an alcoholic home, I agree that when these realizations occur, that obsession about alcoholism takes on strange perspectives and meanings. King goes on to discuss her observations of other parents who can drink normally and her own experiences with trying alcohol for the first time. I actually wondered if this essay was possibly part of her recovery, as she notes how her relationship with alcohol began and changed over time, eventually leading to her early experiences with sobriety, and how it also changed her relationships with others. She also discusses her father’s other addictions, particularly to tobacco, and how this led to his death. In the essay “Cough-Cough”, King discusses her father’s gradually worsening health and death in the hospital, and how cigarettes brought about this condition. Other essays like “Pants on Fire” and “Anger Management” deal with King’s father’s lying and his explosive temper, remnants of his addict life that never seemed to resolve themselves. “Anger Management” in particular struck a chord with me, as King details sharing burgers and shakes with her father when she was younger, yet the diners were never really able to get her father’s shake exactly right. She relates her own temper to her father’s, and how her ex-husband often liked to provoke her into anger, with one particular disturbing anecdote involving a pellet gun. Yet, it seems like sobriety and the divorce from her ex-husband has enabled King to take a new perspective and work towards avoiding “the life of a lonely volcano, punking magma on myself while the villagers flee” where her “rage is still there—less explosive, still corrosive.” I appreciated this since we don’t always see how these horrible experiences provide us with these useful insights and awareness. She finishes this essay about an instance caring for her father as he’s dying in the hospital, an experience that will cause all kinds of chaos and unanticipated emotional swings in anyone. Her father wants a cheeseburger and milkshake for one last time, despite not really being able or even allowed to eat this meal. One of the nurses caring for her father chastises King, reminding her that he couldn’t have this food in the hospital—it was against the rules and bad for his vitals. Yet, as the kid of a dying parent, she’s in a new role, caring for her father and wanting to comfort him in these final days. I remember when my dad was dying in the hospital, and we snuck in his dog for one last time. Even though it was brief and probably freaked out the dog, it was one of the last times I saw him smile. King’s essay was just a reminder about this complicated situation that no one can ever prepare for, and how it’s important to manage the intense emotions that are bubbling below.
Other essays were personal, but not always emotionally impactful. I appreciated “Ms. Girl Power” which explored King’s discovery and early understanding of feminism, as well as “The Temple of Feminine Perfection”, which details her experiences as a dancer in a club. Her reflections on the customers and other dancers were funny and descriptive. “Front of the House” was another great essay for anyone who has worked in a restaurant. It brought me back to the days of waiting tables, and why I don’t really miss that time at all. Other essays like “Some Notes Towards a Theory of an Old Dad” and “Hey Big Spender” discuss King’s own personality and its relationship or influence from her father and his idiosyncrasies. Overall, this is a solid collection from the unique voice of an important writer and cultural critic. While many of the essays look within and are reflective, there are important cultural and social insights to glean from King’s writing. Her essays in this collection are a wild ride through drinking and drugging, mental health challenges and treatment, recovery, and caring for sick and dying parents. This is a collection that offers both laughter and humor but also delves into deeper emotions like the sadness of depression and the struggles with anger management to the grief and guilt of losing a parent. I’ll definitely revisit some of these essays, and I could even imagine using some of them in a writing class to help students understand how to reflect on and make meaning from challenging experiences and situations. I’m looking forward to eventually reading Tacky and reading more of King’s future work.

[Lucy Ritzmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

there are so, so many beautiful and poignant and knife-to-the-gut but in the best way moments about this non-fiction work… but ultimately, the time jumps and rapid switching between themes and motifs (which, to be fair, are very consistent throughout) are just a bit hard to keep track of and give it a bit of a blippy feel. It feels like an internal monologue in all the best ways but also in the ways that anyone who is an external person is missing key context. That’s the thing that kept it from ranking higher for me… but Rax is a lovable, funny, almost painfully real narrator, there’s no doubt about it.

grateful, as always, for the chance to read this ARC – I’ll drop the blurb below, and if you’re into it, definitely check it out when it comes out on July 29th, 2025!!

the vibes: “With Rax King’s trademark blend of irreverent humor and heartfelt honesty comes a new collection of personal essays unpacking bad behavior. Sloppy explores sobriety, begrudging self-improvement, and the habits we cling to with clenched fists.”

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 4.5 of 5

I've never heard of Rax King or read anything by her prior to this, but I do enjoy essays and yes, the quote from The Washington Post on the cover of the book "Bettie Page meets Carrie Bradshaw" helped to sell me on this.

I was incredibly impressed very early on with the first few essays. I connected with Rax as she wrote about school:

I desperately wanted to pay attention to whatever my teachers were saying about, I don't know, the Spanish-American War probably. (Anytime you can't remember what your teachers were blathering on about, it was the Spanish-American War. Doesn't it just sound like the kind of lesson you zoned out for?) The ADHD lad must have desperately wanted to pay attention, too. He acted out and I caved in.

And the 'helpful' mentors who think you're just not organized and need a to-do list:


"...Get a task, write it down, do a task, cross it off. All day, every day."
I squinted at his list. It was evening, and still the only one task crossed off: Make a to-do list. ... "Yeah, well. I'm not having such a good day myself."

Even when Rax writes about her work dancing (stripping) and how she wasn't particularly good at it, except for the one time ("It was a complete accident, as are most instances of me being good at my job."), I could identify - not as a dancer or stripper, but as someone who never feels as though they fit in with their job, even if they are 'successful.'

Unlike Rax, who grew up in what we might call a troubled family ("My family is drunks the way other families are Teamsters or actors.") and so my identifying with Ms King waned as I got deeper into the collection of essays. They were still well written and clearly Rax King was shedding some uncomfortable parts of her past as she was working to identify why she is the person she is today.

But I definitely got left behind when she talked about her drug use. I'm not that person and I have difficulty understanding understanding it myself. Anything beyond college experimentation is foreign to me.

Overall, as stated, I'm really impressed. I don't find a lot of essayists that I enjoy (I'm an outlier - I am not a fan of David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs) but I will definitely look forward to reading more by Rax King. I think she has some very valuable things to say and she says them very well.

This book contains the following:

Sloppy
Proud Alcohlic Stock
Shoplifting from Brandy Melville
Pants on Fire
The Temple of Feminine Perfection
Anger Management
Ten Items
Your Pet Is Dying: An Online Life
Mr. Girl Power
Front of House
Bad Friend
Up from Sloth
Some Notes Towards a Theory of an Old Dad
Hey Big Spender
Commitment Issues
Domesticating the Wolf of Wall Street
Looking for a good book? Sloppy, by Rax King, is a delectable collection of essays. Hard hitting, personal drama calmly looked at with a discerning eye.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

[Mariana Villalobos · Rating 4 out of 5]

INFORMACION BIBLIOGRAFICA
TITULO:Sloppy:or, doing it all wrong
AUTOR:Rax King
EDITORIAL:29 julio 2025
GENERO LITERARIO:Auto-mejora
CONTEXTO DE LA AUTORA:Ella es autora de dos libros los cuales son SLOPPY y TACKY y estos libros hablan de temas de auto-mejora habitos y cultura popular
RESUMEN:Es un libro que habla de temas como la auto-mejora y los habitos que tenemos, el autor es la voz principal del libro y habla de su vida y crecimiento personal, su estructura es de inicio, nudo y desenlace su estilo narrativo puede cambiar
BITACORA
COMO LLEGUE AL LIBRO:En clase de lenguaje me dieron la plataforma y yo misma lo busque
IMPRESIONES INICIALES:Mi impresion al principio viendo la portada era que trataba de como cuidar el cuerpo con las comidas
SENSACIONES:Mi sensacion en la lectura fue de curiosidad ya que habla de temas que me pueden servir en mi vida como a otras personas tambien
EXPECTATIVA:Que me iba a hablar sobre comida y iba a ser de comedia
REALIDAD:Que habla sobre el auto-mejora y que no tiene que ver con comedia
SESIONES ANTERIORES
Que mi libro del colegio tenia que ver un poco con la vida cotidiana y que los dos dejan buenas reflexiones tambien que tiene muchos temas interesantes
Otra cosa es que ninguno trataba de comedia si no temas de la vida real y que pues a mi parecer pueden servir para muchos adolecentes
ANALISIS CRITICO
ACIERTOS:Acerto en que trata sobre la vida cotidiana de una persona y que el personaje contaba su realidad
DEBILIDADES:Que hay algunas frases que no tienen tanto sentido a mi punto de vista
QUE ME DEJO EL LIBRO:Me dejo el pensamiento de no ser desordenada como ella lo dice en el libro
Si cambio mi perspectiva porque como dije anteriormente yo tenia un pensamiento diferente a lo que lei
RELACIONES CON TEMAS PERSONALES
Laverdad yo me relaciono mucho ya que ella era desordenada y yo tambien y sobre la depresion ya que aunque yo no sufro de depresion tengo familia que si sufre depresion
Si yo recomendaria este libro y se lo recomendaria a mi tia ya que ella le gusta mucho ese tema y porque siento que ella se puede identificar
RELACION CON TEMAS DE CLASE
Esto tiene relacion con temas de los tipos de texto ya que este es un texto explicativo porque explica la vida de la autora con sus tipos de cuidado y porque tiene varios conectores y nosotros vemos el tema de conectores en textos
CONCLUSION
Mi valoracion es 4 ya que pudo aver puesto mas informacion
No impacto en mi informacion lectora ya que eran temas concretos y no tenia ningun tema fuerte
Si cumplio su propocito ya que hablo del tema que se veia desde un inicio en la portada

[Kara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved Rax King's previous collection, Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer, and I couldn't wait to get my grubby little mitts on Sloppy. In this collection, King plunges into memoir-in-essays rather than odes to the great and terrible. Well, maybe memoir-cum-odes to the great and terrible. Real ones know it's okay to not regret, even if you know the choice you made may not have been your best.

Sloppy isn't perfectly linear and doesn't account for King's entire timeline. Instead, it sloshes through her life in vignettes focused on some of her sloppier experiences, like her past drug use, complicated relationship with her late father, and learning to be sober when there's still a little bit of that dirtbag gal in your heart. She also delves into her abusive first marriage, ongoing depression, and suicidal ideations, so be sure to read with caution if these topics are especially difficult for you.

There's no overwhelming sense of regret or deep longing for her more chaotic days. King also writes of her much happier and healthier current marriage, finding a new kind of ease as a homebody, and learning how to stop and appreciate little moments in her life. That being said, don't mistake this as an uplifting airport book pushing you to your new serenity. King writes with the candor of someone who grew up online and the sharp, dark wit of someone who continued to stay Too Online (complimentary). As a collection, Sloppy is frank, conversational, and wildly funny. It's extremely fun to read—even the extra sloppy parts.

Personal favorite essays for me were "Your Pet Is Dying: An Online Life" (Neopets and That One Toxic Online Friendship, iykyk), "Shoplifting from Brandy Melville" (they deserve it), and "Some Notes Towards a Theory of an Old Dad" (something that does not require you to necessarily be old nor a dad to be).

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the arc.